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UPDATE: Miss Grumpy Pants is getting so big! She's doing awesome. Still grumpy but she's getting better. She still hisses and vibrates when you pick her up but once she's in your hand for minute she calms down. I'm still doing the liquid calcium every night.

I haven't been able to get her to eat any kind of veggies. She hasn't shown any interest in her laying bin.

Just wanted to update y'all on how she's doing.

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do not force handle
GUTLOAD! add more variety!
you need calcium with d3 and without same with vitamins
at least 2-minute look misting look into getting a fogger!
don't buy from Petco in the future
Vertical cage when older so at least 2' by 2' by 4'
get a repti 10.0 when is 2' by 2' by 4'
do hidy holes unless hanging she is not a gecko
NO SUBSTRATE
sorry if its late

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She will eat the substrate, then have compaction problems...... veiled chams eat vegetables and insects, she might mistake your sphagnum moss as something edible..... I build my own cages, that costs me about $50.00, for the hardware and screen, uvb light bulb & plants, I get everything else free from job leftovers... construction site leftovers, lumber, screws, pvc roofing material for the bottom

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I would strongly recommend only feeding in the morning, they need heat and uvb light for their bodies to metabolise minerals, and veilds should have a nice night time temp drop, of course you know this, sorry, I feel like I'm just rambling now

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We keep her lights on for a few hours after she eats. I turn them all off before I go to bed.

This is a super long thread through my journey of getting her back to health after MBD. I was very uneducated and misinformed on cham care. I'm so thankful for everyone here that helped me nurse her back to health.

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Feeding at night before turning the lights off is counterproductive, they need heat and uvb light to digest food, and need a temperature drop at night ..... please read the care sheet!!! Or your veiled chameleon will die

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I feed her at night when I get home from work. I keep her lights on for about 3-4 hours after I feed her. I turn off her lights before bed. She gets her temp drop every night. And time to bask and digest before bed. That's the only time I'm available to feed her bc I have to have my husband's help giving her the liquid calcium

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I feed her at night when I get home from work. I keep her lights on for about 3-4 hours after I feed her. I turn off her lights before bed. She gets her temp drop every night. And time to bask and digest before bed. That's the only time I'm available to feed her bc I have to have my husband's help giving her the liquid calcium

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I think they thought you were feeding her and then turning off the lights. If @Brodybreaux25 says your good then go with that. She has one of the biggest turn around I have seen here so your obviously doing something right.